His call for impartial, non-politicised investigations into the planners, executors, and enablers of such violence is constitutionally sound and morally necessary. Kenya’s history is littered with condemnations of violence that were never matched by investigations, prosecutions, or consequences, producing a culture of impunity. Democracies do not collapse first through coups; they collapse through normalisation of violence, intimidation, selective enforcement, and political lawlessness. It is about precedent: if violence in churches can be excused today, violence in markets will be excused tomorrow; if violence against worshippers can be normalised today, violence against voters will be normalised tomorrow; if intimidation works today, democracy dies tomorrow. It normalises political violence, erodes the state’s legitimacy, and quietly raises the stakes for retaliation as we head toward 2027.

Source: Standard Digital February 01, 2026 09:40 UTC